I just learned how to install from the “testing” repository of debian. I followed the instructions on here, even though they were kind of out dated. In summary:
sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list
adding this:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
Then:
sudo vim /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf
adding this line:
APT::Default-Release “stable”;
Finally:
sudo apt-get update
apt-get -t unstable install wordpress